Tuesday, March 31, 2009

"Don't you wish you were my Friend?" My Dad used to say that when he had a treat or something very good that he wanted to share with you. I had forgotten that 'saying' until I made this jam. I thought I would like to share it with someone, any ideas who?

This isn't any ordinary jam, it is Strawberry and Raspberry mixed together. It is freezer jam. I found some in the freezer my Mother made about 8 years ago. It was sooooo good, actually, it was better than good.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

I want to thank all of you for visiting my blog. Please let others know about it too, okay? I just discovered something very cool. I did a google search for my blog, cause I am curious. I typed in pam olsen blog. I totally did not expect anything to come up, but here's what happened. I got 1,010,000 results. But the cool thing is, my Picture a day blog came up 9th. I couldn't believe it, it made my day.

Friday, March 27, 2009

I tried planting a few (900) flowers. Most of them are my Mother's old flower seeds, some from the 1950's. I am planting them to see if the seed is still good. Some are flowers I would like to plant in about 6 weeks. I don't know if they will grow, I will let you know. I am growing them without lights, and without heat. I am hoping for the best.

Monday, March 23, 2009

These are pictures of Snow Geese that my friend Barbara took. They are migrating north, and stopped by American Falls to eat for a few days before heading to Mud Lake. They will end up in the Arctic. The round trip for some is more than 5000 miles, and they can fly at speeds of up to 50 MPH.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Here are a few pictures from my latest party. We had an Easter egg hunt, photograph contest, fire starting contest, airplane flying contest, hot wings and lots of other great food and fun. Thanks to everyone for coming. Next party the end of July in Palisades!!!!!

Remember the crocus bud I posted a few days ago? Here is the flower today. Notice the curves around the edge of the pedals. I love this little flower, but today is it's last day.

I should have taken a picture of it yesterday, but I was too lazy. I wanted to document the first blossom of the year, this morning when I looked at it, it was falling over and looking like it was just fading away. I had missed my opportunity to take the picture I have waited all month to take.

But at 2:oo pm it came out of it's slump and I took this picture. I will never forget this flower and how it gave me a second chance to enjoy it's beauty.

Here are some tulips by the house. The last few days it has been pretty warm and the tulips have really started growing. I guess the ground is warming and they are taking advantage of it.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

I found this in my Grandmother Robinson's recipe book with a Tapioca recipe on the back. If you remember these you are older than I am. If you look close you can see the letter c with a circle around it, that means the program was in color. Listed below is the Tapioca recipe. For other old or new, tried and true recipes go here: http://www.recipeaweekfoodforalifetime.blogspot.com/